A Chinese Tall Story 2005
情癫大圣
The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe...
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Vocabulary
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| 假扮 假扮 | to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else | |
| 西经 西經 | west longitude | |
| 一走了之 一走了之 | to avoid a problem by walking away from it; to quit | |
| 天庭 天庭 | Celestial Court | |
| 罪孽 罪孽 | sin; crime; wrongdoing | |
| 圣僧 聖僧 | holy monk | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 临死 臨死 | facing death; at death's door | |
| 成仙 成仙 | become an immortal | |
| 睁一只眼闭一只眼 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼 | to turn a blind eye | |
| 以下犯上 以下犯上 | to disrespect one's superiors; to offend one's elders | |
| 凡心 凡心 | reluctance to leave this world; heart set on the mundane | |
| 未定 未定 | undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt | |
| 活罪 活罪 | bitter sufferings; great hardships | |
| 末端 末端 | tip; extremity | |
| 霞 霞 | rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset | |
| 反问 反問 | to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question | |
| 柱子 柱子 | pillar | |
| 徒弟 徒弟 | apprentice; disciple | |
| 罢工 罷工 | a strike; to go on strike | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 海底 海底 | seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 伤亡 傷亡 | casualties; injuries and deaths | |
| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 深深 深深 | deep; profound | |
| 扁 扁 | flat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up; old variant of 匾 | Colloquialism |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 飞船 飛船 | spaceship; spacecraft; dirigible; airship | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 故障 故障 | malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software) | |
| 侵犯 侵犯 | to infringe on; to encroach on; to violate; to assault | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 策划 策劃 | to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) | |
| 钻 鑽 | to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain | |
| 炸弹 炸彈 | bomb | |
| 肺 肺 | lung | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 平衡 平衡 | balance; equilibrium | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm |